OVER MILLION TONS OF
SYNTHETIC RUBBER ARE
REQUIREMENTS OF U. S.
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Esso Representative
Gives Pertinent
Facts Here
G. F. Ball, special representative
of Esso Marketers’, appeared at
the regular Tuesday luncheon ses
sion of the Roanoke Rapids Rota
ry Club last week as the guest of
W. A. China, outling certain per
tinent facts with regard to the
Synthetic Rubber program being
carried on by his company, illus
trating his talk with a highly in
formative sound movie.
Here are excerpts from the talk
given by Mr. Ball. Among other
things, he told his audience that
about 1,100,000 tons of synthetic
rubber are the estimated annual
military and minimum civilian re
quirements of this country, and an
investment of approximately six
hundred and fifty million dollars
would be necessary to produce
this amount.
Mr. Ball covered in detail the
methods by which natural rubber
is obtained, how Japanese aggres
sion has virtually stopped the im
portation of this commodity, and
traced fully the introduction and
development of synthetic rubber
by Standard Oil Company (N. J.)
He pointed out that the process
obtained from Germany in peace
time, and on which Standard Oil
spent $12,000,000 of its own money,
was invaluable to this country..
The report of the Baruch Com
mittee on the rubber situation has
definitely cleared up much con
fusion existent since Pearl Har
bor.. The seriousness of the rub
ber situation is evidenced by the
Committee’s several recommenda
tions which have been put into
effect by Uncle Sam.
Without synthetic rubber, our
stocks of new rubber would be ex
hausted during 1943. If synthetic
rubber production now planned
comes through on schedule, we
can get through, but without ade
quate reserves against contingen
cies. The allotment of a small a
mount of reclaim and synthetic
material will provide a tire-re
placement and recapping program,
but only with drastic restrictions
on civilian driving.
The Committee stated that the
demands now placed upon us are
enormous. Without any allowance
whatsoever for civilian passenger
car tires, the estimated require
ments for the year 1943 are 574,000
tons. This contrasts with the to
tal average over-all consumption
in the United States before the
war of over 600,000 tons. We must
supply not only the needs of our
own armed forces but much of
those of the military machines of
our Allies as well. We must equip
our busses and trucks and other
commercial vehicles and provide on
a large scale specialty items for
such purposes as factory belting,
surgical, hospital and health sup
plies. And in addition to all these
we must maintain the tires on at
least a substantial portion of our
27,000,000 civilian passenger auto
mobiles. Otherwise an economy
geared to rubber-borne motor
transport to an extent not ap
proached elsewhere in the world
will break down.
The Esso representative pointed
out that if the tires now on a
cap are good for one year’s use at
50 miles per hour, you can add an
other year by driving at an aver
age of 30 miles per hour and never
exceeding 35 miles per hour. The
second year of additional use can
be obtained by keeping tires prop
erly inflated at all times, by nev
er starting or stopping the car in
leaps and bucks, and by rotating
all tires, including the spare, every
2500 miles or every six months.
CHRISTMAS
MIDNIGHT
MASS HERE
The great Feast of the Birthday
of Christ will be solemnly com
memorated at St. John’s Catholic
Church when the Rev. Peter M.
Denges will celebrate the High
Mass of the Nativity of our Lord
at midnight on Christmas Eve,
Friday night, December 24. The
pastor’s Yuletide message will be
“The Story of Christmas.”
Jay W. Sanders, director of St.
John’s choir, will present the joy
ful Third Mass in E flat by the
celebrated composer, Albert H.
Rosewig. Mrs. Ameal Rabil, of
Weldon, will preside at the con
sole of the electric organ, and
Jack Sanders will be the violinist.
The sopranos are Mrs. Michael
Rabil and Mrs. Thomas R. Man
ning, of Weldon, while the bari
tones are E. Francis O’Melia,
Francis Fisher and John Fisher.
The Christmas musical program
follows: Processional, Silent Night,
Holy Night, by Franz Grueber;
Angels We Have Heard on High,
by Bishop George W. Chadwick.
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Offertory Hymn, Adeste, Fideles,
the traditional melody of the Cis
tercian monks. Communion Carol,
Gesu Bambino, by Pietro A. Yon.
The Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo,
the Sanctus, the Benedictus, and
the Agnus Dei comprise the fes
tive Mass of Christmas. The cele
brant will chant the Orations, the
Gospel Narrative, the Preface of
the Nativity of Christ, and the
Pater Noster, the Lord’s Prayer.
Recessional, Cantique de Noel, by
Adolphe Adam.
Besides the Mass of the Angels
at midnight, the Mass of the Shep
herds and the Mass of the Wise
Men will take place on Christmas
morning beginning at eight o’
clock. Miss Mary Sanders will
play the organ for the Junior
Choir. The acolytes at 'the Mid
night Mass will be Jack Williams
and George Gantt, and the thuri
fers will be Donald MacKenzie
and Leo Rabil.
The church will be decorated
with holiday trees, flowers and
greens with Mrs. Jay W. Sanders
in charge. A picturesque Christ
mas Crib stands in the sanctuary,
depicting the Holy Family of
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, together
with their guests the Angels, the
Shepherds with their wooly flocks,
and the Magi with their royal
gifts. This Bethlehem scene was
presented to the world by St.
Francis of Assisi at Greccio, Italy,
in 1223.
Confessions will be heard on
Christmas Eve beginning at 7:00
p. m. Masses on Sunday. Decem
ber 26, will be at 8:00 and at 10:00
a. m.
Father Peter M. Denges, pastor
of the local Catholic Church, ex
tends a hearty welcome to all to
attend the Christmas services.
DENNY’S ARE HOSTS
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb R. Denny
were hosts Tuesday night to mem
bers of the Aufelian Springs Fa
culty when they entertained them
at a theater party in Roanoke
Rapids. Immediately after seeing
"This Is The Army’’, Mr. Denny,
principal of the school, invited the
guests to the Blue Room of the
Rosemary Cafe, where refresh
ments were served. Those enjoy
ing the Denny’s hospitality were
Miss Katie Spear, Miss Rosa Britt,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shearin,
Mrs. Ethel M. Hux, Mrs. Grace
Ward, Miss Ellis Bounds, Miss
Dlellie Mizelle, Mrs. Milton ReadU
Miss Mabel Rich and Mrs. Clif*
ton Crawley, Miss Ursula Marshall,
and Mrs. Helen Taylor.
American Legion Meets
Enfield.—The Roanoke Post Nci.'
34 American Legion met in regu
ar session Tuesday evening, in the
Dining Hall at the Methodist
Dhurch. Rev. E. C. Crawford,
Methodist minister, of Enfield, was
admitted a new member. Supped
was served by the Ladies of the
Dhurch.
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